Data for improvement and clinical excellence: protocol for an audit with feedback intervention in home care and supportive living.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although considerable evidence exists about the effectiveness of audit coupled with feedback, very few audit-with-feedback interventions have been done in either home care or supportive living settings to date. With little history of audit and feedback in home care or supportive living there is potential for greater effects, at least initially. This study extends the work of an earlier study designed to assess the effects of an audit-with-feedback intervention. It will be delivered quarterly over a one-year period in seven home care offices and 11 supportive living sites. The research questions are the same as in the first study but in a different environment. They are as follows: 1. What effects do feedback reports have on processes and outcomes over time? 2. How do dif

SUBMITTER: Fraser KD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3292450 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature